Variation in transfer factor of radiocaesium in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in clear cut and mature forest sites after the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-121

  Palo, Thomas R ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Chernobyl fallout; Forest habitat; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; RADIOISOTOPES;

BANK VOLES; BIOMAGNIFICATION; CHERNOBYL FALLOUT; GROUND DEPOSITION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

CESIUM; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SWEDEN; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; TREES;

CESIUM; DEPOSITION; FORESTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 33845340436     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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